Wayne Rooney locked wife out of the house for displaying rival club’s flag

Everything goes out of the window when it comes to football rivalry – even spouses. And that isn’t just reserved for the casual fan as the Rooney family can attest to. Footballers are sometimes criticised for a perceived lack of passion and understanding when it comes to deeply-ingrained city rivalries but not Wayne Rooney. Although he’s a Manchester United legend in every sense of the word, Rooney has always remained close to his Evertonian roots. Two spells at Goodison Park helped shape his career but the fan in him never left his side no matter where he played. Wife Coleen is a die-hard Liverpool fan meaning Rooney’s bustling trophy cabinet is his own saving grace in what could easily be an ongoing mocking of Everton’s lack of silverware, with their last trophy being the 1995 FA Cup. Reds fans like Coleen, on the other hand, have been spoiled in recent times. A sixth European Cup in 2019 and two Premier League titles in the last five years has been hard for Rooney to stomach even if he has five Premier League titles and a Champions League winners medal of his own. But Liverpool’s title win in 2020 appeared to be too much for Rooney to deal with, especially when Coleen decided to go all out in her celebrations. How did Coleen cheekily get one over on her husband? “When Liverpool won the Premier League a few years ago I came home, I was [a player] at Derby at the time, and Coleen’s got Liverpool flags up outside the house,” said Rooney, speaking on his BBC podcast The Wayne Rooney Show. “It was our old house, so outside the front door there’s a little balcony thing and the flag was outside the window there, so I told her to go and get it down. “She went up and you had to actually climb out the window to get it down, so she went up and I locked her out.” Rooney and wife Coleen sit on either side of the Merseyside divide@coleen_rooney Instagram When asked how long Coleen was stuck outside for, Rooney said: “Not too long.” Rooney only featured in four Merseyside derbies prior to his £30million switch to Manchester United in 2004. In those four games he failed to get the better of his city rivals, drawing two and losing two. However, the narrative quickly changed under the guidance of Alex Ferguson where Rooney and his Manchester United teammates were victorious a whopping 16 times in 26 Premier League games against Liverpool. Best of enemies Rooney made no secret of his enjoyment at playing against Liverpool and revealed he always made a beeline for ex-Reds captain Steven Gerrard. “We were good mates off the pitch and whenever I got a chance I’m thinking, ‘I’m going to absolutely smash you’, and I did. He did the same to me. Scoring at Anfield was an extra-special feat for RooneyGetty Rooney and Gerrard were friends off the pitch but big rivals on it at club levelGetty Images - Getty “You wouldn’t talk to him before the game and then after the game you shake each other’s hand. “If there was ever a chance he knew [I’d challenge him], and I knew if he got a chance he was going to do me, so that’s what football is. “You’re playing for your club and there’s moments and big players as well, especially a Gerrard or a [Patrick] Vieira. If you get an opportunity, you can’t let that slip, you’ve got to take it.” Rooney will be hoping Everton boss David Moyes can break his Anfield duck with a win in Saturday’s latest instalment of the Merseyside derby – exclusively live on talkSPORT from 12.30pm. Moyes has failed to register a victory at Anfield in 22 attempts as manager of various clubs over the years. Everton’s record at the home of their neighbours also makes for pretty dour reading. Moyes must plot a way of emulating Carlo Ancelotti’s victory at Anfield in 2021Getty Their only win at Anfield in the last 25 years came in the Covid-affected fixture in 2021, overseen by then Toffees boss Carlo Ancelotti. But Moyes will fancy his chances this time and will almost certainly lean on Liverpool’s recent vulnerability to spur his side on. “Liverpool have shown at different times where they have been very good but other times when they have shown some vulnerability when they have conceded goals,” said Moyes. “We will have to try and take advantage of those moments. We played them last year at Anfield and lost to an offside goal and we want to try and run them close again and maybe this time things will go in our favour.”

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Wayne Rooney locked wife out of the house for displaying rival club’s flag

Everything goes out of the window when it comes to football rivalry – even spouses.

And that isn’t just reserved for the casual fan as the Rooney family can attest to.

Footballers are sometimes criticised for a perceived lack of passion and understanding when it comes to deeply-ingrained city rivalries but not Wayne Rooney.

Although he’s a Manchester United legend in every sense of the word, Rooney has always remained close to his Evertonian roots.

Two spells at Goodison Park helped shape his career but the fan in him never left his side no matter where he played.

Wife Coleen is a die-hard Liverpool fan meaning Rooney’s bustling trophy cabinet is his own saving grace in what could easily be an ongoing mocking of Everton’s lack of silverware, with their last trophy being the 1995 FA Cup.

Reds fans like Coleen, on the other hand, have been spoiled in recent times.

A sixth European Cup in 2019 and two Premier League titles in the last five years has been hard for Rooney to stomach even if he has five Premier League titles and a Champions League winners medal of his own.

But Liverpool’s title win in 2020 appeared to be too much for Rooney to deal with, especially when Coleen decided to go all out in her celebrations.

How did Coleen cheekily get one over on her husband?

“When Liverpool won the Premier League a few years ago I came home, I was [a player] at Derby at the time, and Coleen’s got Liverpool flags up outside the house,” said Rooney, speaking on his BBC podcast The Wayne Rooney Show.

“It was our old house, so outside the front door there’s a little balcony thing and the flag was outside the window there, so I told her to go and get it down.

“She went up and you had to actually climb out the window to get it down, so she went up and I locked her out.”

Rooney and wife Coleen sit on either side of the Merseyside divide

When asked how long Coleen was stuck outside for, Rooney said: “Not too long.”

Rooney only featured in four Merseyside derbies prior to his £30million switch to Manchester United in 2004.

In those four games he failed to get the better of his city rivals, drawing two and losing two.

However, the narrative quickly changed under the guidance of Alex Ferguson where Rooney and his Manchester United teammates were victorious a whopping 16 times in 26 Premier League games against Liverpool.

Best of enemies

Rooney made no secret of his enjoyment at playing against Liverpool and revealed he always made a beeline for ex-Reds captain Steven Gerrard.

“We were good mates off the pitch and whenever I got a chance I’m thinking, ‘I’m going to absolutely smash you’, and I did. He did the same to me.

Scoring at Anfield was an extra-special feat for Rooney

Rooney and Gerrard were friends off the pitch but big rivals on it at club level

“You wouldn’t talk to him before the game and then after the game you shake each other’s hand.

“If there was ever a chance he knew [I’d challenge him], and I knew if he got a chance he was going to do me, so that’s what football is.

“You’re playing for your club and there’s moments and big players as well, especially a Gerrard or a [Patrick] Vieira. If you get an opportunity, you can’t let that slip, you’ve got to take it.”

Rooney will be hoping Everton boss David Moyes can break his Anfield duck with a win in Saturday’s latest instalment of the Merseyside derby – exclusively live on talkSPORT from 12.30pm.

Moyes has failed to register a victory at Anfield in 22 attempts as manager of various clubs over the years.

Everton’s record at the home of their neighbours also makes for pretty dour reading.

LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND - AUGUST 09: David Moyes, Head Coach of Everton looks on prior to the pre-season friendly match between Everton and AS Roma at Hill Dickinson Stadium on August 09, 2025 in Liverpool, England. (Photo by Carl Recine/Getty Images) — Moyes must plot a way of emulating Carlo Ancelotti’s victory at Anfield in 2021

Their only win at Anfield in the last 25 years came in the Covid-affected fixture in 2021, overseen by then Toffees boss Carlo Ancelotti.

But Moyes will fancy his chances this time and will almost certainly lean on Liverpool’s recent vulnerability to spur his side on.

“Liverpool have shown at different times where they have been very good but other times when they have shown some vulnerability when they have conceded goals,” said Moyes.

“We will have to try and take advantage of those moments. We played them last year at Anfield and lost to an offside goal and we want to try and run them close again and maybe this time things will go in our favour.”